Intercultural Communication 1

Code
L.15776
Amount of hours required
84
Language
en-GB
Quartile of execution
1, 1

This course will focus on:
• Understanding of the meaning(s) of “culture”
• Experiencing, analysing of cultural differences via the different models:

Hall’s model of cultural differences
Kluckhohn’s Model of Basic Assumptions
Hofstede’s 6 Dimentions of culture
Trompenaar’s 7 dimentions and Cultural Synergy

• Understanding of Intercultural Sensitivity growth process
• Understanding the stages of Culture shock
• Understanding the importance of communication in relation to cultural differences

Competences

AMA-IHRM 1 Credible Activist
AMA-IHRM 3 Capability Builder

Learning goals

At the end of this course, students:

1. Are able to differ, understand and provide definitions of “culture”, as well as:
- Construct own definition of the concept of “culture”
- Define and analyse the different layers of “culture”

2. Are able to apply the four culture models (Hall, Kluckhohn, Hofstede, Trompenaar) to an:
- Analysis of different cultural situations, as well as
- Analysis of own cultural background

3. Are able to use the “Growth Process in Intercultural Sensitivity” to:
- Recognise and analyse stages of the growth process in different cultural situations
- Recognise and analyse different strategies to overcome the hindering factors in the process in different cultural situations
- Analyse and reflect on own Growth Process in Intercultural Sensitivity

4. Are able to analyse and reflect on own and group’s experiences of the stages of cultural shock as a process.

5. Are able to reflect on cultural differences according to what they have seen and experienced in the class

g to what they have seen and experienced in the lessons

Tests

Code	Name
WC	Werkcollege
T.37237	Intercultural Communication 1